How to Keep from Losing Your Temper

Is there anything less likely to calm an angry person down than telling them to calm down? Does that ever work?

Only once have I ever lost my temper and called a coworker an idiot to his face. In my defense, he tried to tell me that the theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark was the theme from Superman. I think we can all agree that my actions were perfectly justified.

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How to Keep from Losing Your Temper

Is there anything less likely to calm an angry person down than telling them to calm down? Does that ever work?

Only once have I ever lost my temper and called a coworker an idiot to his face. In my defense, he tried to tell me that the theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark was the theme from Superman. I think we can all agree that my actions were perfectly justified.

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How to Recognize a Bad Idea

I own a couple of luchador masks. One is just a random design while the other is a replica of the mask worn by Santo. I got my first one back when they were a difficult thing to find and a relatively bizarre thing for an un-athletic white guy who doesn’t like wrestling to own. The irony of it amused me.

Later, thanks to various pop culture figures, owning a Luchador mask became a little more common. When that happened, the masks got packed up and have not seen the light of day since.

In a weird way, deliberately doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing is in its own way a form of being a follower. I understand this. But, at least I’m making an active decision as to what kind of follower I am.

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How to Recognize a Bad Idea

I own a couple of luchador masks. One is just a random design while the other is a replica of the mask worn by Santo. I got my first one back when they were a difficult thing to find and a relatively bizarre thing for an un-athletic white guy who doesn’t like wrestling to own. The irony of it amused me.

Later, thanks to various pop culture figures, owning a Luchador mask became a little more common. When that happened, the masks got packed up and have not seen the light of day since.

In a weird way, deliberately doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing is in its own way a form of being a follower. I understand this. But, at least I’m making an active decision as to what kind of follower I am.

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How to Give Someone a Gift

At the end of the day, it’s impossible to give a gift without sending messages about yourself and your opinions of the recipient. How the recipient reacts to the gift also sends clear messages about them and their opinion of the gift giver.

I know a guy who gave his girlfriend the birthday gift of a cheerleader costume. They both learned a great deal that day. 

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How to Give Someone a Gift

At the end of the day, it’s impossible to give a gift without sending messages about yourself and your opinions of the recipient. How the recipient reacts to the gift also sends clear messages about them and their opinion of the gift giver.

I know a guy who gave his girlfriend the birthday gift of a cheerleader costume. They both learned a great deal that day. 

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How to Fight Against Conventional Wisdom

It’s true. Leonardo da Vinci sketched designs for helicopters, airplanes, and tanks, none of which would have worked. There are probably other examples of unworkable da Vinci designs. For all I know the Vitruvian man was an illustration of a failed attempt to invent the jumping-jack.

I’m certain he never actually thought the drawings for the airplane and the helicopter would work. They were most likely musings on what might be possible with a better power source. It’s not really fair to pick on him over that, but let’s look at his tank. My understanding is that he actually proposed building that one. It was made of wood powered by hand cranks.

Here’s a video of a full size working model.

https://youtu.be/SCwCnsfVmYc

As you can see, it would have been painfully slow, even on pavement. I bet it would speed right up when the enemy set it on fire, which they almost certainly would have done immediately because, again, it was made of wood.

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How to Fight Against Conventional Wisdom

It’s true. Leonardo da Vinci sketched designs for helicopters, airplanes, and tanks, none of which would have worked. There are probably other examples of unworkable da Vinci designs. For all I know the Vitruvian man was an illustration of a failed attempt to invent the jumping-jack.

I’m certain he never actually thought the drawings for the airplane and the helicopter would work. They were most likely musings on what might be possible with a better power source. It’s not really fair to pick on him over that, but let’s look at his tank. My understanding is that he actually proposed building that one. It was made of wood powered by hand cranks.

Here’s a video of a full size working model.

https://youtu.be/SCwCnsfVmYc

As you can see, it would have been painfully slow, even on pavement. I bet it would speed right up when the enemy set it on fire, which they almost certainly would have done immediately because, again, it was made of wood.

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How to Accept Gratitude

When I was an office manager, if one of my coworkers liked a certain kind of disposable pen I’d buy them a whole box of those pens, then tell them to keep it quiet. I told my supervisor that the goal was to make everyone feel like they were being given special treatment. It cost the company very little, because we had to buy pens anyway, and later on when something wasn’t going their way, their pen would be a reminder that my supervisor and I were on their side. It didn’t prevent all drama, but it kept a certain amount of it off of our backs.

I know that wasn’t directly related, or particularly interesting, but it did allow me to get out of writing about accepting people’s gratitude, which does genuinely make me uncomfortable.

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How to Accept Gratitude

When I was an office manager, if one of my coworkers liked a certain kind of disposable pen I’d buy them a whole box of those pens, then tell them to keep it quiet. I told my supervisor that the goal was to make everyone feel like they were being given special treatment. It cost the company very little, because we had to buy pens anyway, and later on when something wasn’t going their way, their pen would be a reminder that my supervisor and I were on their side. It didn’t prevent all drama, but it kept a certain amount of it off of our backs.

I know that wasn’t directly related, or particularly interesting, but it did allow me to get out of writing about accepting people’s gratitude, which does genuinely make me uncomfortable.

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